Conduit Street Podcast

By Maryland Association of Counties

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A podcast on Maryland policy and politics. Stay in the know about how the General Assembly, Governor, state agencies, and county leaders affect the essential services that Marylanders depend on each and every day. Tune in for deep dives into state and county issues, special guests from around the state, and our world-famous dad jokes. We’ve got you covered on the Maryland Association of Counties’ Conduit Street Podcast.


Episode Date
Breaking Ground on MD's New Court-Ordered Treatment Law
May 17, 2024
Queen Anne's County's Boat Plastic Recycling Initiative
May 10, 2024
Maryland Economy & Policy with Comptroller Brooke Lierman
May 03, 2024
Maryland League of Conservation Voters' Impact on Local Gov
Apr 26, 2024
Maryland Pulse Check with Dr. Mileah Kromer
Apr 25, 2024
Water Water Everywhere - PFAS, Streams, and Sea Level Rise
Apr 19, 2024
2024 Legislative Session Wrap Up
Apr 12, 2024
SPECIAL: The Critical Case Against Cutting Local Road/Bridge Funding
Apr 03, 2024
SPECIAL: Final Week of 2024 Session
Apr 02, 2024
First Steps (and Next Steps) for the Fiscal Plan For FY25 and Beyond
Mar 14, 2024
Counties Gain an Edge Through NACo
Feb 16, 2024
What Do You Do About Fluky Formulas?
Feb 09, 2024
Talking AI With Ben Yelin
Feb 02, 2024
Smart Tech Development: Frederick’s Test Case
Jan 25, 2024
We Break Down the New Budget
Jan 19, 2024
2024 Session Kickoff and Preview of Workforce Issues
Jan 12, 2024
Transportation Cuts, an "On the Ground" View
Dec 22, 2023
Hot Topics for Cold Weather
Dec 01, 2023
Checking In With the MD Chamber of Commerce
Nov 17, 2023
2024 Legislative Initiatives
Oct 27, 2023
Notes from North Carolina
Oct 13, 2023
Fiscal Forecast: Warning or Watch?
Oct 06, 2023
Winter’s Coming: Preparedness and Policy for Post-COVID Flu Season
Sep 29, 2023
Election Law and Policy with Walter Olson
Sep 22, 2023
The User Pays Principle – Good and Bad Applications
Sep 15, 2023
Oversight and Obstacles: The Civilian Role in Police Accountability
Sep 08, 2023
All Aboard: Transportation Commission Leaves the Station
Sep 01, 2023
Tech, Cyber, AI, Oh My!
Aug 25, 2023
The Blueprint Gets Its Check-up
Aug 04, 2023
The Detention Dilemma: What We Ask of Local Jails (Part 2)
Jul 28, 2023
Talking Housing with Tom Coale
Jul 21, 2023
"Child Care Cliff" Looms Large
Jul 14, 2023
Pittman Pitches on Schools/Housing Paradox
Jul 07, 2023
Cannabis Comes to Town
Jun 30, 2023
Commercial Real Estate: Apocalypse or Opportunity?
Jun 23, 2023
Gears Still Turning in Annapolis
Jun 09, 2023
Two Barriers to EV Adoption in MD
Jun 02, 2023
Debt Limit: Deal or No Deal?
May 19, 2023
The Detention Dilemma: What We Ask of Local Jails
May 12, 2023
Goucher Poll Takes the MD Pulse
May 05, 2023
School Funding: Session Flukes and the Future
Apr 28, 2023
Evolving Policy on Public Safety Response
Apr 21, 2023
Sine Die Send-Off & Session Recap
Apr 14, 2023
County Budgets: The Annapolis Effects
Mar 24, 2023
Creeping Up On Crossover
Mar 17, 2023
The State of Play for School Funding
Mar 10, 2023
Nod to The North Star State
Mar 03, 2023
Local Leaders Talk Collaboration and Cannabis
Feb 24, 2023
A Local Take on the State Budget Plan
Feb 03, 2023
Early Session Observations
Jan 27, 2023
New Session, New Faces
Jan 13, 2023
Session Preview: Climate, Housing, and Fostering Firefighters
Dec 23, 2022
Special Episode: No Pix X Conduit Collab
Dec 16, 2022
Session Preview: Health, Public Safety, and More!
Dec 09, 2022
Session Preview: Education (And More)
Dec 02, 2022
Yes to Public Information, and Yes to Privacy Protections
Nov 18, 2022
Elections and Reflections
Nov 11, 2022
Launching Public Safety Comms w/FirstNet
Oct 28, 2022
Back to Basics: MACo’s Top Issues
Oct 14, 2022
Capital Debt, School Construction, and Bonds? And No, We Don't Mean 007
Oct 07, 2022
Why Nobody Loves the Property Tax
Sep 30, 2022
Crystal Ball on the State’s Budget Surplus and Process
Sep 23, 2022
Assessing Agritourism and Agritainment
Sep 16, 2022
Oversight, Opioids, and … Henry VI?
Sep 02, 2022
Live From #MACoCon: SAS Talks Tech Tools for Tomorrow's Counties
Aug 26, 2022
Digging Into Tax Caps in Maryland
Aug 05, 2022
Our 70th Summer #MACoCon, a Preview
Jul 29, 2022
State House Reporter Pamela Wood Sticks the Landing
Jul 14, 2022
Safe and Smart Elections With David Levine
Jul 08, 2022
Election Anxiety, and the Gas Tax Debate Returns
Jun 24, 2022
Playing it Safe: The Latest on Infectious Threats
Jun 10, 2022
Empire State of Mind
Jun 02, 2022
(What’s the Deal With) Maryland’s Quirky Gas Tax
May 27, 2022
Covering Lots of Ground With Rep. Trone
May 18, 2022
Talking History and Policy with Preservation Maryland
May 13, 2022
Session Wrap-Up: Health and Safety
May 06, 2022
Session Wrap-Up: Paid Leave and Everything Education
Apr 29, 2022
Post-Session Wrap-Up: Climate, Landfills, Ambulances
Apr 21, 2022
And Down the Stretch They Come
Apr 08, 2022
Everything Elections
Mar 18, 2022
The Business and Policy of Cannabis
Mar 04, 2022
Late-Ish Night With Luedtke
Feb 25, 2022
The Boys Are Back in Town
Feb 18, 2022
Senate Re-Opening, Selfies at the Polls?
Feb 11, 2022
Back to School on Education Policy
Feb 04, 2022
Opioid Deal in the Books, More Health and Legal Issues
Jan 28, 2022
Flipping Through the Fiscal Plan
Jan 21, 2022
Conduit Street Podcast: '22 Session Kickoff, EMS in Crisis
Jan 14, 2022
Happy New Year, Let's Do The Numbers
Dec 30, 2021
Cyber Headlines and Conference Highlights
Dec 17, 2021
December Grab Bag
Dec 03, 2021
Protecting Public Servants, Tying Up Loose Ends
Nov 12, 2021
Back to Basics – MACo’s Top Issues
Nov 05, 2021
Digging Deep Into the Opioid Deal
Oct 29, 2021
Leadership - An Episode from the MACo Archives
Oct 15, 2021
Elevating Emergency Management
Oct 08, 2021
Maximizing Public Funds With three+one
Oct 01, 2021
New School Year, New Problem: A Bus Driver Shortage
Sep 24, 2021
The State House Beat, with Bryan Sears
Sep 17, 2021
Headline Issues: Both Policy and Process
Sep 10, 2021
Postcards from OC, Naptown, and DC
Sep 03, 2021
Live from #MACoCon: Tanium Talks Cybersecurity
Aug 20, 2021
Revisiting Redistricting
Aug 13, 2021
Headlines: Infrastructure and Cybersecurity
Jul 30, 2021
Live from the 2021 MD Land Preservation Conference
Jul 16, 2021
Back to Real Summertime, Safely
Jul 09, 2021
Teaching Through Troubled Times, w/MSEA
Jun 25, 2021
Getting Real (Estate) With Maryland REALTORS
Jun 18, 2021
Employer Issues Into the Recovery
Jun 11, 2021
Politics and Policy with Professor Todd Eberly
Jun 04, 2021
Data and Districts with Planning Sec. McCord
May 21, 2021
Public Polling, Vax Hesitancy with Mileah Kromer
May 14, 2021
We’re Back! Summer #MACoCon Is a Go
Apr 30, 2021
Session Reflections, On to Budgets
Apr 23, 2021
#AfterDark Late Session Rundown
Apr 09, 2021
Budgeting in Tumultuous Times
Apr 02, 2021
Session Reset: All the Big Issues
Mar 26, 2021
Busy Week in Annapolis
Mar 12, 2021
Mid-Session Musings, #AfterDark
Mar 05, 2021
Overrides Overview... and what is "Rebasing" Anyway?
Feb 19, 2021
#AfterDark: Vaccine Explanations and Session Updates
Feb 12, 2021
#AfterDark, Take Two... Hot Topics
Feb 05, 2021
#AfterDark Experiment #1
Jan 28, 2021
Highlighting Healthcare
Jan 22, 2021
Kicking Off the Strangest Session
Jan 15, 2021
Revved Up, But Not Over Reassessments
Jan 08, 2021
Fiscal Picture... Still Fuzzy
Dec 18, 2020
Looking Ahead, and Leadership Tools
Dec 11, 2020
Standing On a Corner, With a Friend From Arizona
Nov 20, 2020
Bond Rating Basics
Nov 13, 2020
Running Down the Results
Nov 06, 2020
Capitalizing on Our Community Colleges
Oct 30, 2020
Election Fun and Question One – With P.J. Hogan
Oct 19, 2020
The Maryland Mindset, with Guest Mileah Kromer
Oct 15, 2020
State Revenues: Looking Beyond the Headline
Oct 09, 2020
2021 Top Issues: Put Public Health First — Protect Services and Promote Funding
Oct 02, 2020
2021 Top Issues: Broadband Accessibility Act of 2021
Sep 25, 2020
2021 Top Issues: Elections Fairness and Funding
Sep 18, 2020
Legislators' Roadmap to Reconvene
Sep 11, 2020
The Doctor Is In — A Follow-Up Visit
Sep 04, 2020
Watching Washington... Still
Aug 28, 2020
West Coast Swing
Aug 21, 2020
Revisiting: Reopening, Relief, and Revenues
Aug 13, 2020
A Conduit St Look at Pennsylvania Avenue
Jul 30, 2020
Wrestling With Reopening
Jul 24, 2020
Big Issues, Big Data
Jul 16, 2020
Budget Balancing Breakdown
Jul 09, 2020
A View From the Senate
Jun 26, 2020
The State of Policing
Jun 18, 2020
Unemployment, From Every Angle
Jun 12, 2020
Elections - What a Week
Jun 05, 2020
State of the Podcast
May 29, 2020
Crisis Communications
May 22, 2020
Quiet "Veto Day" Still Makes Noise
May 15, 2020
KEEP CALM and COME to Your CENSUS!
May 08, 2020
Health and Humanity Amidst a Pandemic
May 01, 2020
Double Take on Kirwan Trigger, Cares Funding, and More!
Apr 24, 2020
Running the Numbers
Apr 17, 2020
Revisiting the Bag Ban... and Beyond
Apr 10, 2020
Holding Elections Amid a Pandemic
Apr 08, 2020
Maryland's Wacky Budget Process
Apr 03, 2020
Liberty in Trying Times
Mar 31, 2020
All Hands on Deck
Mar 27, 2020
Abrupt Ending, Awareness Everywhere
Mar 20, 2020
Everything Coronavirus – Practices, Policy, and the Public
Mar 13, 2020
Blueprint On Fast Track: What’s In? What’s Out?
Mar 06, 2020
Point of Sale Policies, Pondering Polls, and More!
Feb 28, 2020
Blueprint Ballyhoo, Sizing Up Services, and Tricky Tech
Feb 21, 2020
Kirwan Blueprint Bill and Tidbits Around Town
Feb 14, 2020
Blueprint Buildup, Local Focus, and Cranky Cancels
Feb 06, 2020
Word on the (Conduit) Street
Jan 31, 2020
"Supercharging" School Construction
Jan 24, 2020
First Look at the Fiscal Plan
Jan 17, 2020
2020 Session Preview
Jan 10, 2020
Special Edition: Live from Charm City
Dec 20, 2019
Conference Chatter, Tax Talk, Fiscal Fodder, and More!
Dec 13, 2019
Live at #MACoCon: New Technology, New Policy – The Ever-Shrinking Island of Cable Television
Dec 09, 2019
Kirwan Funding Proposal, Criminal Justice Issues, and More!
Nov 21, 2019
Kirwan Update, E-Book Embargo, Ridesharing Regs, and More!
Nov 14, 2019
Interesting Election Tidbits, Kirwan Chatter, and More!
Nov 07, 2019
Senate Shuffle, Health Headlines, Cleaner Climate, and More!
Oct 25, 2019
Kirwan Formulas and Finishing Touches
Oct 18, 2019
First Look at Kirwan Costs, 2020 Census Grants, and More!
Oct 10, 2019
School Funding Focus, Tricky Tax Issues, and More!
Oct 03, 2019
Goucher Poll, Fiscal Check-Up, and What's Up with Kirwan?
Sep 27, 2019
2020 Initiatives and More!
Sep 20, 2019
Leadership, Labor Day, and Lunchboxes
Sep 12, 2019
Live at the National Folk Festival
Sep 09, 2019
Oklahoma Opioid Opinion, Bay Bridge Buzz, and Kirwan Catch-Up
Aug 30, 2019
Conference Chatter, Snowballing School Debate, and More!
Aug 22, 2019
Live at #MACoCon with MDP & the US Census
Aug 18, 2019
School Funding, Fiscal Report Card, and Podcast Picks
Aug 01, 2019
By the Numbers: #MACoCon
Jul 23, 2019
Preemption Tension
Jul 19, 2019
Happy New (Fiscal) Year and What Counts as a Meeting? You Might Be Surprised...
Jul 11, 2019
Supremes Speak, Fiscal Follow-Up, and More!
Jun 28, 2019
Budget Battle, SALT Smackdown, and More!
Jun 20, 2019
Electric Vehicle Shock (On Revenues), School Funding Formulas, and More!
Jun 14, 2019
270 Traffic, 51 States, and 1,500 Lawsuits
Jun 07, 2019
Sediment, Cyber, Schools, and More!
May 31, 2019
Signing off, Cleaning up, and Checking on Tech
May 24, 2019
Eye on Annapolis... and Beyond
May 16, 2019
Key Court Cases, City Shuffle, Maryland Shines in South
May 10, 2019
Madame Speaker, Mister Mayor
May 03, 2019
Complete Count Conversation
Apr 26, 2019
After-Session Afterthoughts
Apr 18, 2019
Session-End Summary, Toasting the "Coach"
Apr 12, 2019
Pre-K-Through-12, Prescription Drugs, Preakness, and More!
Apr 05, 2019
"Spring Cleaning" Policy Roundup
Mar 29, 2019
Major Issues Mashup
Mar 21, 2019
Dueling Budgets, Solar, Septics, General Issue Updates, and More!
Mar 15, 2019
Breaking Down the Kirwan “Blueprint”
Mar 08, 2019
Committee Crunch Time, Public Safety Pop-Ups, and More!
Mar 01, 2019
Weekly Annapolis Roundup, Prickly Projects, Personal Privilege, and Public Polling
Feb 22, 2019
Brinkley on Budgets, Amazon's About-Face, Action on Airbnb, and More!
Feb 15, 2019
Session Shakeup, School-Year Suspense, and More!
Feb 08, 2019
State of the State, Party Priorities, Jail-Based MAT, and More!
Feb 01, 2019
Kirwan Commission Wraps 2018 Work, Fiscal Mother Lode, and the Latest from #MDGA19
Jan 25, 2019
Clues to Hogan's Budget Proposal, Economic Uncertainty Looming, and the Latest from #MDGA19
Jan 18, 2019
2019 Session Preview
Jan 11, 2019
Delayed or Derailed? What's Next for Kirwan? #MACoCon and More!
Jan 01, 2019
Kirwan's Kryptonite, Stadium Squeeze, WotUS, and More!
Dec 21, 2018
Major School Construction Proposal, Clues to the Kirwan Cost Split, and More!
Dec 13, 2018
#NG911 Report, Kirwan Testimony, Ranked-Choice Voting, #MACoCon, and County Awards
Dec 06, 2018
Spending Affordability, Volatile Revenues, & a Touch of Kirwan
Nov 29, 2018
Election Tidbits, Congressional District Dilemma, and Amazon Is Coming! ... Sort of
Nov 15, 2018
Special Edition: General Election Roundup
Nov 08, 2018
Kirwan Wrap Up, Early Voting Numbers, Election Preview, and High-Stakes Ballot Questions
Nov 02, 2018
School Funding Update, #NG911 Commission Convenes, 21st Century Libraries, and more!
Oct 25, 2018
Complete Streets, Small Cell Update, Maryland Health Connection, & Prescription for Change
Oct 19, 2018
Split the Check for School Construction? Not So Fast...
Oct 11, 2018
New Laws Take Effect, Internet Regs Spark Latest Clash Over States' Rights, & More!
Oct 04, 2018
Revenue Write-Up, 2020 Census, Listener Mailbag, & More!
Sep 27, 2018
Headlines & Happenings - Education, #NG911, Goucher Poll, Disaster Response, & Small Cells
Sep 21, 2018
Pondering Potential "Pay-Fors"
Sep 13, 2018
Keeping up with Kirwan
Sep 06, 2018
Digging Deeper on "Elevating Teaching," Candidate Shuffle, & More!
Aug 31, 2018
Smart Growth, Bay 'Pollution Diet,' & #MACoCon Recap
Aug 23, 2018
Live at #MACoCon with Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger
Aug 20, 2018
Maryland's Opioid Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?
Aug 09, 2018
Introducing the DLS Podcast
Aug 08, 2018
What's up with the Bay? SALT Suit, & Recruiting Top-Tier Teachers
Aug 02, 2018
New tech Driving New Policy - Part Two
Jul 27, 2018
On the Road with MACo, "Staggering" Price of Pre-K, & Primary Election Roundup
Jul 19, 2018
New Tech Driving New Policy - Part One
Jul 10, 2018
Beating the Heat, Janus v. AFSCME, & Primary Races We're Still Watching
Jul 03, 2018
Special Edition: 2018 Primary Election
Jun 27, 2018
SCOTUS Sounds Off, Early Voting Boom, Riveting Races, & More!
Jun 21, 2018
Primary Ballot Battle, Kirwan 2.0, Wynne Whammy, & #MACoCon
Jun 08, 2018
Procurement, Property Taxes, & Public Works
May 10, 2018
Kirwan Commission, Take Two. Fiscal Forecast, Session Resources, & Interim Intrigue
Apr 26, 2018
Sine Die Send-Off & Session Recap
Apr 11, 2018
Sine Die Is Quickly Approaching... What's Locked Up? What's Still Lingering?
Apr 06, 2018
School Construction Kerfuffle, Forest Bill In Limbo, Fending Off Hackers, & More!
Mar 30, 2018
Post-Crossover Roundup, School Construction, School Safety, & More!
Mar 23, 2018
"Crossover" Coming, Fiscal Follow Up, Body Cameras Back-And-Forth, and More!
Mar 15, 2018
Small Cells, Big Concerns. Fiscal Plan Coming Together, State Song Dilemma, & the Road Ahead
Mar 09, 2018
Local Roads Funding "Deal," BRFA Hearings, Unpacking the Big School Construction Bill, & School Safety
Mar 02, 2018
Conduit Street Podcast: Call If You Can, Text If You Must. Sunshine Laws, Attorney's Fees, #LIFT4MD, & Beer Wars
Feb 23, 2018
County Collaboration on Tax Reform, Lockbox Redux, Employer Mandates, and Bad Docs
Feb 16, 2018
9-1-1 Takes Center Stage, Huge Drop of Bills Introduced, Sick Leave Law Looms, and Senate Changes Afoot
Feb 09, 2018
#FixtheFund, Opioid Litigation, Wave of HUR Bills, Local Aid Intrigue, and more!
Feb 02, 2018
New Tax Analysis, Paid Leave Dilemma, Fiscal Outlook, and More!
Jan 25, 2018
Tax Relief Proposals, Governor's Budget... and More!
Jan 20, 2018
The General Assembly Is in Session!
Jan 12, 2018
Session 101
Jan 04, 2018
Small Cell Broadband/Election Issues
Dec 18, 2017
Solar, Solar... Everywhere?
Dec 01, 2017
The Power of Partnership
Nov 17, 2017
We're Back! Updates On School Funding, Federal Tax Reform, & Maryland's State Fiscal Picture
Nov 09, 2017
Education Funding In Maryland
Oct 13, 2017
How Would Federal Tax Reform Affect Maryland?
Oct 05, 2017
MACo's 2018 Legislative Initiatives
Sep 28, 2017